GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
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| 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 |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| clientele | a body of clients |