GRE Word List
INDIGENOUS
produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment
The meaning of the word indigenous is produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| osseous | bony |