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 |
|---|---|
| fete | festival |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |