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 |
|---|---|
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| coin | corner |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| blackball | to vote against |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |