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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| 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 |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |