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 |
|---|---|
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |