GRE Word List
TENTATIVE
not fully worked out or developed
The meaning of the word tentative is not fully worked out or developed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| 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 |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |