GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the 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 |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| parlance | speech |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |