GRE Word List
OBEISANCE
bow (to show respect and obedience)
The meaning of the word obeisance is bow (to show respect and obedience).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obfuscate | confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand |
| crass | very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior |
| ursine | bearlike; pertaining to a bear |
| sleeper | one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
| debase | degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement |
| reaper | one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop |
| assuage | mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
| gustatory | affecting or relating to the sense of taste |
| indiscriminate | choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth |
