GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| mortician | undertaker |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |