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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| Word | Meaning |
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| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |