GRE Word List
HIDE
skin of an animal
The meaning of the word hide is skin of an animal.
Random words
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belittle | disparage; depreciate |
spendthrift | someone who wastes money; CF. thrift: accumulated wealth |
titter | nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V. |
pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
bulk | size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size |
understate | state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate |
resurrect | revive |
veto | vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto |
lackluster | lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull |
motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |