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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| decipher | decode |