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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WordMeaning
assailto attack violently : assault
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
ichthyologya branch of zoology that deals with fishes
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated