GRE Word List
CONIFER
any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
The meaning of the word conifer is any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |