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

WordMeaning
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
requiteto make return for : repay
dodderingfeeble
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
cloistera monastic establishment
demurereserved