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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |