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 |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |