GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |