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 |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |