GRE Word List
DISSENSION
disagreement
The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| 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 |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |