GRE Word List
LITHE
flexible; supple; CF. limber
The meaning of the word lithe is flexible; supple; CF. limber.
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beeline | direct quick route |
incidental | not essential; minor; N: something incidental |
antiseptic | substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ. |
sonnet | 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern |
docket | program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket |
superfluous | excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity |
edict | decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command |
pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
anonymity | state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous |
pervasive | spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate |