GRE Word List

VERSATILE

embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills

The meaning of the word versatile is embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills.

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WordMeaning
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
tactfulhaving or showing tact
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
cadaverousof or relating to a corpse
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
throespang
depredationto lay waste : plunder
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life