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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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
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protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
compulsionan act of compelling
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
pedestriancommonplace
hirsutehairy
disingenuouslacking in candor
prosperousauspicious