GRE Word List
AMBULATORY
able to walk about and not bedridden
The meaning of the word ambulatory is able to walk about and not bedridden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| 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 |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |