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

WordMeaning
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
penetrateto pass into or through
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
whittlea large knife
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task