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 |
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| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |