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 |
|---|---|
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |