GRE Word List
JAUNDICE
yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments
The meaning of the word jaundice is yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| attentive | mindful |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |