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.

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WordMeaning
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
misogamya hatred of marriage
figmentsomething made up or contrived
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
bedraggleto wet thoroughly