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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sidetracksiding
pejorativea word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
centigraderelating 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
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
inclineto bend the head or body forward : bow
madrigala medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form
homeostasisa 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
capriciousgoverned or characterized by caprice : impulsive