GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| slake | subside |
| sleek | slick |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |