GRE Word List
SERPENTINE
of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
The meaning of the word serpentine is of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement).
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| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |