GRE Word List
MASON
a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
The meaning of the word mason is a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hortatory | hortative |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |