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 |
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |