GRE Word List

BIENNIAL

occurring every two years

The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.

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WordMeaning
shearto cut off the hair from
hierarchya division of angels
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
alienateto cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
manumitto release from slavery
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
gyroscopea 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