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 |
|---|---|
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| 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 |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| environ | encircle |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |