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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| fete | festival |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |