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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |