GRE Word List
DECOMPOSITION
to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
The meaning of the word decomposition is to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |