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 |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |