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 |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| courier | messenger |