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
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
homespunspun or made at home
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
sylvanone that frequents groves or woods
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
inadvertentlyunintentional
posthumousborn after the death of the father
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament