GRE Word List
SOMATIC
of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
The meaning of the word somatic is of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| dilute | attenuate |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| paradigm | example |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| dynamo | generator |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |