GRE Word List
BOGUS
not genuine : counterfeit
The meaning of the word bogus is not genuine : counterfeit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| 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 |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |