GRE Word List
CUBICLE
a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
The meaning of the word cubicle is a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room.
Random words
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| 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 |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |