GRE Word List
DISSOLUTION
disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life
The meaning of the word dissolution is disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life.
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warranted | justified; authorized |
erratic | odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable |
gentility | those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel |
flag | droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging |
virtual | in essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space |
draught | current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
marrow | soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells |
historical | connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not) |
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