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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| demur | to take exception : object |