GRE Word List
VERNAL
of, relating to, or occurring in the spring
The meaning of the word vernal is of, relating to, or occurring in the spring.
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| sleek | slick |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |