GRE Word List
TUNDRA
a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
The meaning of the word tundra is a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |