GRE Word List
HERBIVOROUS
feeding on plants
The meaning of the word herbivorous is feeding on plants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| 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 |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| mote | a small particle : speck |