GRE Word List

LITHE

easily bent or flexed

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

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idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
modicuma small portion : a limited quantity
gustoan individual or special taste
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
retinuea group of retainers or attendants
regicidea person who kills a king