GRE Word List

CLAVICLE

a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum

The meaning of the word clavicle is a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum.

Random words

WordMeaning
rousinggiving rise to excitement : stirring
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
approbationcommendation
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
perditioneternal damnation
aperturean opening or open space : hole
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
holocausta sacrifice (see sacrifice