GRE Word List
TRACTABLE
docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability
The meaning of the word tractable is docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pen | fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose |
| silt | sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river) |
| entree | entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle |
| carnivorous | meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore |
| symbiosis | interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life |
| levy | impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco |
| sibylline | prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world) |
| wistful | sadly thoughtful (because of desires or memories); sadly pensive; vaguely longing |
| tardy | slow; sluggish; not on time; late; Ex. tardy arrival |
| caliber | ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber |
