GRE Word List
ANTHROPOID
any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
The meaning of the word anthropoid is any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |