GRE Word List
ROOSTER
an adult male domestic chicken
The meaning of the word rooster is an adult male domestic chicken.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| 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 |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |