GRE Word List
VIRTUAL
being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
The meaning of the word virtual is being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |