GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |