GRE Word List
TERMINAL
part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer
The meaning of the word terminal is part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer.
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posture | assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude |
ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically |
indigence | poverty |
reminiscent | suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence |
tremulous | trembling; wavering |
oracular | of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle |
clamber | climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble |
dutiful | (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty) |
antique | made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable |
quarantine | isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine |