GRE Word List
PLIANT
pliable
The meaning of the word pliant is pliable.
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|---|---|
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
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| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
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| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |