GRE Word List
CYNICAL
having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as
The meaning of the word cynical is having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| prong | fork |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| 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 |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |