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 |
|---|---|
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |