GRE Word List
HERBIVOROUS
feeding on plants
The meaning of the word herbivorous is feeding on plants.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
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| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
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