GRE Word List

COMESTIBLE

edible

The meaning of the word comestible is edible.

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tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
dankunpleasantly moist or wet
vitriolicbitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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duressforcible restraint or restriction
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
combustiblecapable of combustion
wrenchto move with a violent twist