GRE Word List

URCHIN

hedgehog

The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.

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WordMeaning
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
solicitorone that solicits
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
misadventuremisfortune
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together