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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| hallowed | holy |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| billowing | wave |