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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WordMeaning
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
effeteno longer fertile
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
statelymarked by lofty or imposing dignity
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
ravenousrapacious
crypticsecret