GRE Word List
ANGULAR
forming an angle : sharp-cornered
The meaning of the word angular is forming an angle : sharp-cornered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| 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 |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |