GRE Word List
SUBMISSIVE
submitting to others
The meaning of the word submissive is submitting to others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |