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 |
|---|---|
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| ram | a male sheep |
| amend | to put right |
| demure | reserved |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |