GRE Word List

ATYPICAL

not typical : irregular

The meaning of the word atypical is not typical : irregular.

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usurythe lending of money with an interest charge for its use
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
ancillarysubordinate
painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
pulchritudephysical comeliness