GRE Word List
PLIABLE
supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
The meaning of the word pliable is supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
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| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
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