GRE Word List

MOLLYCODDLE

to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention

The meaning of the word mollycoddle is to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention.

Random words

WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
reparablecapable of being repaired
witherto become dry and sapless
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
timiditylacking in courage or self-confidence