GRE Word List
MARSUPIAL
any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
The meaning of the word marsupial is any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| antecede | precede |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |