GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |