GRE Word List
CATALYST
a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
The meaning of the word catalyst is a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| brook | creek |
| wont | accustomed |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| impinge | encroach |