GRE Word List
SOLICITOUS
manifesting or expressing solicitude
The meaning of the word solicitous is manifesting or expressing solicitude.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |