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 |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| sophist | philosopher |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |