GRE Word List
APTITUDE
inclination
The meaning of the word aptitude is inclination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |