GRE Word List

BILLOWING

wave

The meaning of the word billowing is wave.

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WordMeaning
reconcileto restore to friendship or harmony
traverseto go or travel across or over
potiona mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning
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
prepossessingcreating prejudice
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
archaeologythe scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities