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 |
|---|---|
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| waif | a stray person or animal |