GRE Word List
ANVIL
a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
The meaning of the word anvil is a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering).
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| 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 |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |