GRE Word List
AFFIRMATION
the act of affirming
The meaning of the word affirmation is the act of affirming.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| 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 |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| savant | a person of learning |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |