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 |
|---|---|
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| poise | balance |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |