GRE Word List
FLORESCENCE
a state or period of flourishing
The meaning of the word florescence is a state or period of flourishing.
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| 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 |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| raiment | clothing |