GRE Word List

AMPHIBIAN

an amphibious organism

The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
insensatelacking sense or understanding
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
parlancespeech
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees