GRE Word List
MANGE
any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
The meaning of the word mange is any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |