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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| sentinel | sentry |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| residual | remainder |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |