GRE Word List
TRANCE
stupor
The meaning of the word trance is stupor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| 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 |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |