GRE Word List
HUMUS
a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
The meaning of the word humus is a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |