GRE Word List

PHENOMENA

phenomenon

The meaning of the word phenomena is phenomenon.

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ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
fermentationthe enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity
finishedentirely done
sobrietythe quality or state of being sober
flukeflatfish
insalubriousnot conducive to health : unwholesome
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised