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 |
|---|---|
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |