GRE Word List

CONCAVE

hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl

The meaning of the word concave is hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl.

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WordMeaning
quipa clever usually taunting remark : gibe
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exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life