GRE Word List
CORDIAL
showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval
The meaning of the word cordial is showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval.
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| vertebrate | any 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 |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
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