GRE Word List
DISTILL
to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
The meaning of the word distill is to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| 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 |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |