GRE Word List
AMPHIBIAN
an amphibious organism
The meaning of the word amphibian is an amphibious organism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |