GRE Word List
SUBMISSIVE
submitting to others
The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |