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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WordMeaning
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
satiatefilled to satiety
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
quarantinea period of 40 days
repudiateto refuse to accept
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
enumerateto ascertain the number of : count