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 |
|---|---|
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
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