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 |
|---|---|
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |