GRE Word List
WINDFALL
something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
The meaning of the word windfall is something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind.
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| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |