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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| demented | mad |
| 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 |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| ploy | escapade |