GRE Word List
CALORIFIC
caloric
The meaning of the word calorific is caloric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| poise | balance |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |