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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| plait | pleat |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |