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 |
|---|---|
| lugubrious | mournful |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |