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 |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |