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.
Random words
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| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |