GRE Word List
SUSCEPTIBLE
capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
The meaning of the word susceptible is capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |