GRE Word List
PLUME
a feather of a bird: such as
The meaning of the word plume is a feather of a bird: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| 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 |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
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