GRE Word List
RUMINANT
an animal that chews the cud
The meaning of the word ruminant is an animal that chews the cud.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| forebears | ancestor |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |