GRE Word List

FUNDAMENTAL

serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic

The meaning of the word fundamental is serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic.

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tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
antecedeprecede
angularforming an angle : sharp-cornered
mustyimpaired by damp or mildew : moldy
psychiatrista medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
prognosticateto foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships