GRE Word List

SUPPLIANT

supplicant

The meaning of the word suppliant is supplicant.

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WordMeaning
spoilsportone who spoils the sport or pleasure of others
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
irremediablenot remediable
iridescenthaving or exhibiting iridescence
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
elysianof or relating to Elysium
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
bevya large group or collection