GRE Word List
ASYMMETRIC
having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
The meaning of the word asymmetric is having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |