GRE Word List
BASE
the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
The meaning of the word base is the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |