GRE Word List
DISSECTION
the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
The meaning of the word dissection is the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| headlong | headfirst |
| collected | gathered together |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| lampoon | satire |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| impinge | encroach |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |