GRE Word List
SUBMISSIVE
submitting to others
The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predetermine | foreordain |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| unsavory | insipid |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |