GRE Word List
CEREBRAL
pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum
The meaning of the word cerebral is pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multifarious | varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities |
| retinue | following; attendants |
| physiognomy | face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features |
| minatory | menacing; threatening |
| sparse | not thick; thinly scattered; scanty |
| reputed | supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem |
| raiment | clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear. |
| selective | careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer |
| garbled | mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible |
| parlance | language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance |
