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Picture GRE word of the Day: Patchyderm

March 31, 2011   GRE Word of the Day
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Pachyderm (n)
derm=skin
pachyderm
Meaning:
Any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.

So pachyderm can be remembered as thick skinned animal.

Meaning:
a person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.; a thick-skinned person.

pachyderm (Antonym)

a) parched

b) pied

c) touching

d) sub rosa.

e) subpoena

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