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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| purported | reputed |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |