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 |
|---|---|
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| whimsy | whim |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |