GRE Word List
PACHYDERM
any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
The meaning of the word pachyderm is any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
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| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
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| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| intermediary | mediator |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| rarefied | being less dense |
