GRE Word List
RECEPTIVE
able or inclined to receive
The meaning of the word receptive is able or inclined to receive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| cryptic | secret |