GRE Word List
SWAMP
a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
The meaning of the word swamp is a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |