GRE Word List
BILLOWING
wave
The meaning of the word billowing is wave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| 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 |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |