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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dour | stern |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| fiend | devil |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |