GRE Word List

DISINTERESTED

not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged

The meaning of the word disinterested is not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged.

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WordMeaning
indissolublenot dissoluble
meteto give out by measure : dole out
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
vertebrateany 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
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
retributionrecompense