GRE Word List
POROUS
possessing or full of pores
The meaning of the word porous is possessing or full of pores.
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| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
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| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
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| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |