GRE Word List
MAMMAL
any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
The meaning of the word mammal is any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
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| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
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| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
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