GRE Word List
ENCIPHER
to convert (a message) into cipher
The meaning of the word encipher is to convert (a message) into cipher.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| 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 |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |