GRE Word List
PARALLEL
extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
The meaning of the word parallel is extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| nourishment | food |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |