GRE Word List
EUGENIC
pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race
The meaning of the word eugenic is pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propensity | natural inclination |
| sophisticated | worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate |
| linger | loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days. |
| matrix | point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization |
| plasticity | ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay |
| riddle | pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone) |
| threadbare | worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses |
| sloth | slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent |
| propulsive | driving forward; N. propulsion |
| apocryphal | (of a story) widely believed but untrue |
