GRE Word List
OMNIVOROUS
feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
The meaning of the word omnivorous is feeding on both animal and vegetable substances.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| expiate | to make amends for |