GRE Word List
COMPONENT
a constituent part : ingredient
The meaning of the word component is a constituent part : ingredient.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| pummel | pound |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| doddering | feeble |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |