GRE Word List
PREY
an animal taken by a predator as food
The meaning of the word prey is an animal taken by a predator as food.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| succor | relief |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |