GRE Word List
RAM
a male sheep
The meaning of the word ram is a male sheep.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
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| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |