GRE Word List
ELABORATE
planned or carried out with great care
The meaning of the word elaborate is planned or carried out with great care.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| natal | native |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| viable | capable of living |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| concatenate | linked together |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |