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 |
|---|---|
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |