GRE Word List
CORPUSCLE
a minute particle
The meaning of the word corpuscle is a minute particle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |