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 |
|---|---|
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| portly | dignified |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |