GRE Word List
TERMINUS
either end of a transportation line or travel route
The meaning of the word terminus is either end of a transportation line or travel route.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |