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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
disclaimto make a disclaimer
tarantulaany of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food
pigmenta substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
remunerativeserving to remunerate
innateexisting in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native
tactileperceptible by touch : tangible
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding