GRE Word List

DECIDUOUS

falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle

The meaning of the word deciduous is falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle.

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prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
avowto declare assuredly
humidcontaining or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum