GRE Word List
ALIMENTARY
of or relating to nourishment or nutrition
The meaning of the word alimentary is of or relating to nourishment or nutrition.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |