GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |