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 |
|---|---|
| compulsory | mandatory |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |