GRE Word List
ANTLER
one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
The meaning of the word antler is one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |