GRE Word List
CORPUS
the body of a human or animal especially when dead
The meaning of the word corpus is the body of a human or animal especially when dead.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |