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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| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |