GRE Word List
ABORIGINAL
being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
The meaning of the word aboriginal is being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
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| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
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