GRE Word List
BEGET
to procreate as the father : sire
The meaning of the word beget is to procreate as the father : sire.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| extant | currently or actually existing |