GRE Word List

GLOSSARY

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WordMeaning
wiltloose freshness; droop
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
estimablecapable of being estimated
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
virusany of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence