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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| kismet | fate |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |