GRE Word List

DISSENSION

disagreement

The meaning of the word dissension is disagreement.

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gyroscopea 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
clota portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum)
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
piscatorialpiscatory
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
queruloushabitually complaining
terminationend in time or existence : conclusion