GRE Word List

DYNAMO

generator

The meaning of the word dynamo is generator.

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etymologythe 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
centrifugea machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
serratednotched or toothed on the edge
headfirstwith the head foremost
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
lucremonetary gain : profit