GRE Word List
URSINE
of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
The meaning of the word ursine is of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |