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).
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| Word | Meaning |
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| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| upright | perpendicular |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| 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 |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |