GRE Word List
HERD
a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
The meaning of the word herd is a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |