GRE Word List
OBESE
having excessive body fat
The meaning of the word obese is having excessive body fat.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| omnipotent | almighty |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| comestible | edible |
| progeny | descendants |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| verdant | green in tint or color |