GRE Word List
CARAPACE
a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab)
The meaning of the word carapace is a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
