GRE Word List
BLUNT
having an edge or point that is not sharp
The meaning of the word blunt is having an edge or point that is not sharp.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| 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 |
| prong | fork |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |