GRE Word List
AMASS
to collect for oneself : accumulate
The meaning of the word amass is to collect for oneself : accumulate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| 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 |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |