GRE Word List
TOME
book
The meaning of the word tome is book.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| exhume | disinter |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| overwhelm | upset |