GRE Word List
CONCENTRIC
having a common center
The meaning of the word concentric is having a common center.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| violate | break |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |