GRE Word List

BIENNIAL

occurring every two years

The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.

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WordMeaning
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
healthyenjoying good health
etymologythe 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
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
exudeto ooze out