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
suppliantsupplicant
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
dramaa composition (see composition
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
parishthe ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor
engagedinvolved in activity : occupied
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity