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   Meek

   /mēk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive: "I used to call her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild" Similar patientlong-sufferingforbearingresignedgentlequietshyretiringreverentpeacefulpeaceabledocilelamblikemilddemuremodesthumblelowlydiffidentunassumingself-effacingunpretentiousunambitiousunobtrusivesubmissiveyieldingunresistingobedientcomplianttamebiddabletractableacquiescentdeferentialweaktimidfrightenedspinelessspiritlessunprotestinglike a lamb to the slaughterinformal:weak-kneedwimpishOpposite impatientassertiveassertiveoverbearing

   Word Origin Middle Englishme(o)c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • M

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   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • K

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