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 |
|---|---|
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| succor | relief |
| fester | to generate pus |
| lode | waterway |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |