GRE Word List
KEN
the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge
The meaning of the word ken is the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| rider | one that rides |
| 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 |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| hortatory | hortative |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |