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 |
|---|---|
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| delve | excavate |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |