GRE Word List

URCHIN

hedgehog

The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.

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ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
equanimityevenness of mind especially under stress
morticianundertaker
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
syllogisma 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")
incontrovertiblenot open to question : indisputable
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
carata unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy