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 |
|---|---|
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |