GRE Word List
ALTRUISTIC
relating to or given to altruism:
The meaning of the word altruistic is relating to or given to altruism:.
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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 |
| alleviate | relieve |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| gnome | maxim |