GRE Word List
CLAPPER
one that claps: such as
The meaning of the word clapper is one that claps: such as.
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| replicate | duplicate |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |