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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riftfissure
blandsmooth and soothing in manner or quality
shackhut
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
ficklemarked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
incontinentnot continent: such as
timorousof a timid disposition : fearful