GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| 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 |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| cemetery | a burial ground |