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 |
|---|---|
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| parlance | speech |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |