GRE Word List

POLAR

of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it

The meaning of the word polar is of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it.

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comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
supersedeto cause to be set aside
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
apiarya place where bees are kept
porouspossessing or full of pores
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition