GRE Word List
HOARY
gray or white with or as if with age
The meaning of the word hoary is gray or white with or as if with age.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| historic | historical |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| precipitous | precipitate |