GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| natal | native |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |