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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| sleek | slick |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |