GRE Word List

HERBIVOROUS

feeding on plants

The meaning of the word herbivorous is feeding on plants.

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animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
fallibleliable to be erroneous
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
calculatedapt
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical