GRE Word List
CADAVEROUS
of or relating to a corpse
The meaning of the word cadaverous is of or relating to a corpse.
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verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
impetus | a driving force : impulse |
invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |