GRE Word List
AURORAL
dawn
The meaning of the word auroral is dawn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| crossbreed | hybridize |