GRE Word List
REGIMENT
a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
The meaning of the word regiment is a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions.
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| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| swill | wash |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| clown | farmer |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| rotunda | a round building |
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