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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| auroral | dawn |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
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