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 |
|---|---|
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |