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 |
|---|---|
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| consort | associate |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |