GRE Word List
DISCRETE
constituting a separate entity : individually distinct
The meaning of the word discrete is constituting a separate entity : individually distinct.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |