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 |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| implode | to burst inward |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |