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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| seemly | good-looking |
| raiment | clothing |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| hirsute | hairy |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |