GRE Word List
STRATIFIED
formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
The meaning of the word stratified is formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sidetrack | siding |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |