GRE Word List

RAMIFICATION

branch

The meaning of the word ramification is branch.

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inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
gradationa series forming successive stages
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multilingualof, having, or expressed in several languages
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed