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 |
|---|---|
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| faculty | ability |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| guy | man |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |