GRE Word List
DALLY
to act playfully
The meaning of the word dally is to act playfully.
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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 |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
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| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
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