GRE Word List
ASTIGMATISM
a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
The meaning of the word astigmatism is a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mystic | mystical |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |