GRE Word List
MATERNAL
of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
The meaning of the word maternal is of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly.
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| frantic | emotionally out of control |
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| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
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| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |