GRE Word List
URCHIN
hedgehog
The meaning of the word urchin is hedgehog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| viand | an item of food |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| coroner | a 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 |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |