GRE Word List
BASE
the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
The meaning of the word base is the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| 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 |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |