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 |
|---|---|
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| facade | the front of a building |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |