GRE Word List
CREDENCE
mental acceptance as true or real
The meaning of the word credence is mental acceptance as true or real.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
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| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| scourge | whip |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| 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 |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
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| felon | one who has committed a felony |