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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WordMeaning
pungentsharply painful
ballasta 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)
devoteean ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport)
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
significanthaving meaning
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate