GRE Word List
VENOM
a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
The meaning of the word venom is a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| benison | blessing |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| forebears | ancestor |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |