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 |
|---|---|
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| license | permission to act |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |