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 |
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| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| peerless | matchless |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |