GRE Word List
MEDIATE
occupying a middle position
The meaning of the word mediate is occupying a middle position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| spoof | deceive |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |