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 |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| hap | happening |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |