GRE Word List
NETTLE
any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
The meaning of the word nettle is any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |