GRE Word List
COMPONENT
a constituent part : ingredient
The meaning of the word component is a constituent part : ingredient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brook | creek |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| faculty | ability |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |