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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|---|---|
| viand | an item of food |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
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| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| sibling | sib |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |