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 |
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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| emanate | to come out from a source |