GRE Word List

URCHIN

hedgehog

The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.

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prevailto gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
apogeethe 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
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
cardiologistthe study of the heart and its action and diseases
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality