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 |
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| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |