GRE Word List
SUPPLIANT
supplicant
The meaning of the word suppliant is supplicant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |