GRE Word List
ANGULAR
forming an angle : sharp-cornered
The meaning of the word angular is forming an angle : sharp-cornered.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
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| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| tome | book |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |