GRE Word List
SUBORN
to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing
The meaning of the word suborn is to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |