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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| hirsute | hairy |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |