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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |