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 |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| farce | stuff |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |