GRE Word List
CONVERSANT
having knowledge or experience
The meaning of the word conversant is having knowledge or experience.
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| skiff | any of various small boats |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |