GRE Word List
MACULATED
marked with spots : blotched
The meaning of the word maculated is marked with spots : blotched.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |