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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| 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 |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |