GRE Word List
SUBMISSIVE
submitting to others
The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |