GRE Word List

SENTIENT

responsive to or conscious of sense impressions

The meaning of the word sentient is responsive to or conscious of sense impressions.

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bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
predetermineforeordain
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
clariona medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
recitala detailed account : enumeration
consanguineousof the same blood or origin