GRE Word List
INTERPOLATE
to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
The meaning of the word interpolate is to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| 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 |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |