GRE Word List

LATERAL

of or relating to the side

The meaning of the word lateral is of or relating to the side.

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yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
gambita chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
implodeto burst inward
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail