GRE Word List
APPARENT
open to view : visible
The meaning of the word apparent is open to view : visible.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |