GRE Word List
MATRIX
something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
The meaning of the word matrix is something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| exhume | disinter |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |