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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retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
inductiveof, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction
maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges
scapegoata 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