GRE Word List
ADJURATION
a solemn oath
The meaning of the word adjuration is a solemn oath.
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| stentorian | extremely loud |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |