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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |