GRE Word List

CALORIFIC

caloric

The meaning of the word calorific is caloric.

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archaeologythe scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
shiftto 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)
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
metaphora 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)
brevityshortness of duration
deviouswandering