GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |