GRE Word List
FINITE
having definite or definable limits
The meaning of the word finite is having definite or definable limits.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| shambles | a meat market |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |