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 |
|---|---|
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |