GRE Word List
RAMPANT
rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
The meaning of the word rampant is rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| brawny | muscular |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| 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 |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| trenchant | keen |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
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