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 |
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maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
overwhelm | upset |
labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
jibe | to be in accord : agree |