GRE Word List
AUTOPSY
an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
The meaning of the word autopsy is an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| ignite | to set afire |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| upright | perpendicular |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |