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 |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| nexus | connection |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| headlong | headfirst |