GRE Word List
CONCENTRIC
having a common center
The meaning of the word concentric is having a common center.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| welter | writhe |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |