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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| acclaim | applaud |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| hap | happening |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |