GRE Word List

STRATUM

a bed or layer artificially made

The meaning of the word stratum is a bed or layer artificially made.

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raveto talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
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savanta person of learning
solventable to pay all legal debts
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