GRE Word List
REPOSITORY
a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
The meaning of the word repository is a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| 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 |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |