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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |