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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |