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 |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |