GRE Word List
COURIER
messenger
The meaning of the word courier is messenger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |