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 |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| imbibe | drink |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| leave-taking | departure |
| shambles | a meat market |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |