GRE Word List
MITE
any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
The meaning of the word mite is any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors.
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| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
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| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
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| willowy | abounding with willows |
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