GRE Word List
ALLOY
the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
The meaning of the word alloy is the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| reckon | count |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| fulcrum | prop |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |