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 |
|---|---|
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |