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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| Word | Meaning |
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| relish | characteristic flavor |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| 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 |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| lugubrious | mournful |