GRE Word List

SERPENTINE

of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)

The meaning of the word serpentine is of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement).

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WordMeaning
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
cipherzero
vibrantpulsating with life, vigor, or activity
tricksterone who tricks: such as
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
demurereserved
vertebrateany 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