GRE Word List
INDETERMINATE
not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
The meaning of the word indeterminate is not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| canny | clever |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| mendicant | beggar |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |