GRE Word List
COHESION
the act or state of sticking together tightly
The meaning of the word cohesion is the act or state of sticking together tightly.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |