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.
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Word | Meaning |
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odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
stem_from | arise from; originate from |
intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
bauble | trinket |
irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |