GRE Word List
APPURTENANCES
accessory objects
The meaning of the word appurtenances is accessory objects.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| 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 |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |