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).
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studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
convoluted | having convolutions |
mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |