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 |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |