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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| 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 |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| postulate | demand |