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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dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
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veracioustruthful
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
discreditto refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum