GRE Word List
ENTERPRISE
a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
The meaning of the word enterprise is a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky.
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axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
anachronism | an error in chronology |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
gusto | an individual or special taste |
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 |
impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |