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 |
|---|---|
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| congenial | pleasant |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |