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 |
|---|---|
| scourge | whip |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |