GRE Word List
COMPONENT
a constituent part : ingredient
The meaning of the word component is a constituent part : ingredient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |