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).
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| Word | Meaning |
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| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
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| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| canny | clever |