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 |
|---|---|
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| afterlife | an existence after death |