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

WordMeaning
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
documentproof
emollientmaking soft or supple
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
historichistorical
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
inamorataa woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
conteststrive
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism