GRE Word List
CARAT
a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy
The meaning of the word carat is a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |