GRE Word List
ARTFUL
performed with or showing art or skill
The meaning of the word artful is performed with or showing art or skill.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| mortician | undertaker |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |