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 |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| reverie | daydream |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |