GRE Word List
GROUSE
any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
The meaning of the word grouse is any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| decipher | decode |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| microcosm | a little world |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |