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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hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
trickleto issue or fall in drops
precipitousprecipitate
refurbishto brighten or freshen up : renovate
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
victualsfood usable by people
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
wantonmerciless