GRE Word List
PAPYRUS
a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley
The meaning of the word papyrus is a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| dingy | dirty |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |