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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |