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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| seemly | good-looking |