GRE Word List
VULTURE
any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
The meaning of the word vulture is any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| tatter | to make ragged |