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.

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dynamogenerator
disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function
harassexhaust
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent