GRE Word List
COGNATE
of the same or similar nature : generically alike
The meaning of the word cognate is of the same or similar nature : generically alike.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| concur | to express agreement |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |