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 |
|---|---|
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| 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 |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| primal | original |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |