GRE Word List
COMPONENT
a constituent part : ingredient
The meaning of the word component is a constituent part : ingredient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |