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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WordMeaning
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
appraiseto set a value on : to estimate the amount of
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient