GRE Word List

MAT

a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support

The meaning of the word mat is a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support.

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animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
briman upper or outer margin : verge
factiona party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
pungentsharply painful
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
sluggarda habitually lazy person
replicateduplicate