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 |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |