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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| fleck | streak |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |