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.

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callousbeing hardened and thickened
adjutanta staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
pastea dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
prologuethe preface or introduction to a literary work
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity