GRE Word List
ACTUARIAL
of or relating to actuaries
The meaning of the word actuarial is of or relating to actuaries.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| apprehend | arrest |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |