GRE Word List
APE
any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
The meaning of the word ape is any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |