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 |
|---|---|
| approbation | commendation |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| heed | to pay attention |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |