GRE Word List
ANOMALY
something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous
The meaning of the word anomaly is something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| disport | sport |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| 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 |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| 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 |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |