GRE Word List
COURIER
messenger
The meaning of the word courier is messenger.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrive | devise |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| 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 |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |