GRE Word List
STRATUM
a bed or layer artificially made
The meaning of the word stratum is a bed or layer artificially made.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| significant | having meaning |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |