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 |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| 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 |