GRE Word List
QUADRUPED
an animal having four feet
The meaning of the word quadruped is an animal having four feet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |