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 |
|---|---|
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| 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 |