GRE Word List
CALORIFIC
caloric
The meaning of the word calorific is caloric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| sheer | unqualified |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |