GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |