GRE Word List
RAMIFY
to split up into branches or constituent parts
The meaning of the word ramify is to split up into branches or constituent parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| obscure | dark |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |