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 |
|---|---|
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| brook | creek |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| parlance | speech |