GRE Word List
SOLICITOUS
anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude
The meaning of the word solicitous is anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protuberance | protrusion; swelling; bulge |
| giddy | light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height |
| penury | extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy |
| peddle | travel about selling (wares); CF. foot |
| impecunious | without money |
| tangential | only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent |
| progenitor | ancestor |
| expunge | cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase |
| subdue | less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger |
| purge | remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N. |