GRE Word List
VIRILE
having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
The meaning of the word virile is having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| calorific | caloric |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| retribution | recompense |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |