GRE Word List
CEMETERY
a burial ground
The meaning of the word cemetery is a burial ground.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |