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 |
|---|---|
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |