GRE Word List
PANDEMIC
occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
The meaning of the word pandemic is occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
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| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |