GRE Word List
DISJOINTED
being thrown out of orderly function
The meaning of the word disjointed is being thrown out of orderly function.
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|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| 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 |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
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| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |