GRE Word List
CALORIFIC
heat-producing; N. calorie
The meaning of the word calorific is heat-producing; N. calorie.
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portly | stout; corpulent |
deport | send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment |
deploy | spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically |
compound | combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex |
dissipate | squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
salutary | tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health |
reaper | one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop |
animus | hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition |
ponderous | having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing |
cohesion | tendency to keep together |