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 |
|---|---|
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |