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 |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| countenance | look |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| natal | native |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |