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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| fiend | devil |