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 |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| pending | during |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |