GRE Word List
VULTURE
carrion-eating birds
The meaning of the word vulture is carrion-eating birds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite |
| disquietude | uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious |
| infiltrate | pass into or through; penetrate or enter (an organization) sneakily; Ex. infiltrate the troops into enemy territory; CF. infiltrator |
| defray | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
| glaze | cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery |
| executive | person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing |
| retaliate | repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate |
| somatic | pertaining to the body; bodily; physical |
| wizened | shriveled; withered; Ex. wizened apple/old lady |
| opprobrium | infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous |
