GRE Word List
PIGMENT
a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
The meaning of the word pigment is a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| expatriate | banish |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| 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 |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| niggle | trifle |