GRE Word List

QUADRUPED

an animal having four feet

The meaning of the word quadruped is an animal having four feet.

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vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
skulkto move in a stealthy or furtive manner
overblownpast the prime of bloom
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax