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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| congenial | pleasant |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |