GRE Word List
GRADUATED
marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
The meaning of the word graduated is marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| lewd | obscene |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |