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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| quorum | a select group |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| duration | continuance in time |