GRE Word List
APOCALYPTIC
of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
The meaning of the word apocalyptic is of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| 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 |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| laud | praise |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| intermediary | mediator |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |