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 |
|---|---|
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| convention | agreement |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |