GRE Word List
DEBONAIR
suave
The meaning of the word debonair is suave.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| 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 |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |