GRE Word List

CANINE

a conical pointed tooth

The meaning of the word canine is a conical pointed tooth.

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feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
dissipateto break up and drive off
slovenlyuntidy especially in personal appearance
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
mangyaffected with or resulting from mange
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power