GRE Word List
DISMANTLE
to disconnect the pieces of
The meaning of the word dismantle is to disconnect the pieces of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |