GRE Word List

SUBMISSIVE

submitting to others

The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.

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WordMeaning
detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
smudgeto make a smudge on
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision