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 |
|---|---|
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |