GRE Word List
DISPORT
sport
The meaning of the word disport is sport.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| 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 |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| exhume | disinter |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| delve | excavate |
| defer | put off |