GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |