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 |
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| digression | the 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 |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |