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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| dingy | dirty |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |