GRE Word List
COMPONENT
a constituent part : ingredient
The meaning of the word component is a constituent part : ingredient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| hurl | rush |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |