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 |
|---|---|
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| giddy | dizzy |