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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hortatory | hortative |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| constraint | the act of constraining |