GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| 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 |
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| postulate | demand |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |