GRE Word List
CREST
a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
The meaning of the word crest is a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration.
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| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| 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 |
| enduring | lasting |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |