GRE Word List
AGGLOMERATION
the action or process of collecting in a mass
The meaning of the word agglomeration is the action or process of collecting in a mass.
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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 |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |