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 |
|---|---|
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| cataclysm | flood |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |