GRE Word List

URCHIN

hedgehog

The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.

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chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
weatherthe state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
therapeuticof or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative
viandan item of food
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
blareto sound loud and strident
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary