GRE Word List
EMBOSS
to raise the surface of into bosses
The meaning of the word emboss is to raise the surface of into bosses.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| 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 |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| prank | trick |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |