GRE Word List
FODDER
something fed to domestic animals
The meaning of the word fodder is something fed to domestic animals.
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| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| 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 |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |