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 |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |