GRE Word List
QUALIFY
to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
The meaning of the word qualify is to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| 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 |
| charlatan | quack |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |