GRE Word List
COALITION
the act of coalescing : union
The meaning of the word coalition is the act of coalescing : union.
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| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| leave-taking | departure |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |