GRE Word List
DISSECTION
analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
The meaning of the word dissection is analysis; cutting apart in order to examine.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| siren | apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature |
| flighty | (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive |
| shack | crude cabin |
| cross | bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry |
| warren | tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
| suppress | put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth |
| gamut | entire range |
| abjure | renounce upon oath |
| idyll | short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers |