GRE Word List
RETRENCH
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| 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 |