GRE Word List
CHASSIS
the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television)
The meaning of the word chassis is the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television).
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offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
stentorian | extremely loud |
touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |