GRE Word List
SEISMIC
of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake
The meaning of the word seismic is of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake.
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|---|---|
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| 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 |
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