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 |
|---|---|
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |