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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |