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 |
|---|---|
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |