GRE Word List
EXHUME
disinter
The meaning of the word exhume is disinter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |