GRE Word List
TURBID
thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
The meaning of the word turbid is thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |