GRE Word List
RUDDY
having a healthy reddish color
The meaning of the word ruddy is having a healthy reddish color.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| ebullient | boiling |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| 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 |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |