GRE Word List
BITING
having the power to bite
The meaning of the word biting is having the power to bite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |