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
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
reciprocateto give and take mutually
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
ravenousrapacious
frolicsomefull of gaiety : playful
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral