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 |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| nourishment | food |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| veracious | truthful |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |