GRE Word List
COHESION
tendency to keep together
The meaning of the word cohesion is tendency to keep together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deviate | turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism |
| taint | contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch |
| sedition | conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| defray | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
| enact | make (a bill) into law |
| prelude | introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner |
| lethal | deadly |
| pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
| outlandish | bizzare; peculiar; unconventional |