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 |
|---|---|
| slake | subside |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |