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 |
|---|---|
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| delve | excavate |