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 |
|---|---|
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| violate | break |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| delve | excavate |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |