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.

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WordMeaning
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
deviateto stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
spatsquabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth