GRE Word List

LITHE

easily bent or flexed

The meaning of the word lithe is easily bent or flexed.

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incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
sanctiona formal decree
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