GRE Word List
FLUSTER
to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
The meaning of the word fluster is to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset.
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| Word | Meaning |
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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 |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |