GRE Word List
CORPUSCLE
a minute particle
The meaning of the word corpuscle is a minute particle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nomenclature | name |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |