GRE Word List

MORGUE

a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy

The meaning of the word morgue is a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy.

Random words

WordMeaning
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
opportunistone that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism
primethe second of the canonical hours
brawnthe flesh of a boar
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet