GRE Word List

CENTAUR

any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly

The meaning of the word centaur is any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly.

Random words

WordMeaning
queryquestion
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
striatedmarked with striations or striae
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
compilationthe act or process of compiling
dapperneat and trim in appearance
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building