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.

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WordMeaning
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
inanimatenot animate:
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
plutocracygovernment by the wealthy
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
interloperone that interlopes: such as
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
docketa brief written summary of a document : abstract