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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
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| ponderous | of very great weight |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| unsavory | insipid |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| concordat | compact |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |