GRE Word List
CATALYST
a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
The meaning of the word catalyst is a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| aver | to declare positively |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |