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 |
|---|---|
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |