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.

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WordMeaning
retainto keep in possession or use
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
eminentexhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
gnarlsnarl
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
junkettrip
repelto drive back : repulse
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments