GRE Word List
DORSAL
an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
The meaning of the word dorsal is an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar.
Random words
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| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
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| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
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| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
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| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| constraint | the act of constraining |