GRE Word List
ANTEDILUVIAN
of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
The meaning of the word antediluvian is of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |