GRE Word List
TAN
to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
The meaning of the word tan is to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun.
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| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
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| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| primal | original |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
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