GRE Word List
UPRIGHT
perpendicular
The meaning of the word upright is perpendicular.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| 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 |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| collate | to compare critically |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| provident | frugal |