GRE Word List
QUERY
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The meaning of the word query is question.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |