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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halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
forthcomingbeing about to appear or to be produced or made available
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
trappingsoutward signs
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years