GRE Word List
ANTIQUE
existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
The meaning of the word antique is existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |