GRE Word List
REPOSE
a state of resting after exertion or strain
The meaning of the word repose is a state of resting after exertion or strain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| fleck | streak |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| 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 |