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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| 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 |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| obese | having excessive body fat |