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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WordMeaning
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
nostruma medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness
heedto pay attention
commodiouscomfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy
vendorone that vends : seller
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
multiformhaving many forms or appearances