GRE Word List
SUPPLIANT
supplicant
The meaning of the word suppliant is supplicant.
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| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| distend | extend |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
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