GRE Word List
VIVISECTION
the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
The meaning of the word vivisection is the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| seemly | good-looking |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |