GRE Word List
HERD
group of animals; crowd; one who looks after a herd; Ex. shepherd/goatherd; Ex. herd instinct; Ex. herdsman; V: come together in a herd; look after a herd; Ex. herd cattle
The meaning of the word herd is group of animals; crowd; one who looks after a herd; Ex. shepherd/goatherd; Ex. herd instinct; Ex. herdsman; V: come together in a herd; look after a herd; Ex. herd cattle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| weird | eerie; strange; unnatural |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil |
| incrustation | hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
| vitreous | of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify |
| trickster | person who cheats people |
| callus | area of thick hard skin |
| prostrate | stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down; having lost all strength |
| sedentary | requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |
| dotage | senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
| functionary | official (who performs a particular function) |
