GRE Word List
SUPPLE
compliant often to the point of obsequiousness
The meaning of the word supple is compliant often to the point of obsequiousness.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |