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 |
|---|---|
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |