GRE Word List
CORPUSCLE
a minute particle
The meaning of the word corpuscle is a minute particle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |