GRE Word List
NEXUS
connection
The meaning of the word nexus is connection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| passe | past one's prime |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| 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 |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |