GRE Word List
PREDATOR
an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
The meaning of the word predator is an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation.
Random words
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pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
pundit | pandit |
quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
provision | the act or process of providing |
precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |