GRE Word List
CONCEIT
favorable opinion
The meaning of the word conceit is favorable opinion.
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| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
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