GRE Word List
CEREBRAL
of or relating to the brain or the intellect
The meaning of the word cerebral is of or relating to the brain or the intellect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |