GRE Word List
PROP
something that props or sustains : support
The meaning of the word prop is something that props or sustains : support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |