GRE Word List

SUBMISSIVE

submitting to others

The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.

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prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
servileof or befitting a menial position
institutionan established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
meagerhaving little flesh : thin
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
gradationa series forming successive stages
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
nubileof marriageable condition or age