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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ephemerallasting a very short time
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scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
rankleto cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness
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imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
mysticmystical
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change