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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| growl | rumble |
| nib | bill |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |