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
fraileasily led into evil
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
scourgewhip
parochialof or relating to a church parish
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground