GRE Word List
DECELERATE
to reduce the speed of : slow down
The meaning of the word decelerate is to reduce the speed of : slow down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| shack | hut |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| quorum | a select group |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |