GRE Word List
CALORIFIC
caloric
The meaning of the word calorific is caloric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| devious | wandering |