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 |
|---|---|
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| mortician | undertaker |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |