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 |
|---|---|
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |