GRE Word List
RUMINANT
an animal that chews the cud
The meaning of the word ruminant is an animal that chews the cud.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |