GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
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| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |