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 |
|---|---|
| reverie | daydream |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| foppish | foolish |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |