GRE Word List
INANIMATE
not animate:
The meaning of the word inanimate is not animate:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |