GRE Word List

URCHIN

hedgehog

The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.

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colandera perforated utensil for washing or draining food
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
pallto lose strength or effectiveness
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
etymologythe 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
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
rigto fit out with rigging