GRE Word List
SURROGATE
one appointed to act in place of another : deputy
The meaning of the word surrogate is one appointed to act in place of another : deputy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |