GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |