GRE Word List

MARROW

bone marrow

The meaning of the word marrow is bone marrow.

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promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
supersedeto cause to be set aside