GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |