GRE Word List

FRICTION

the rubbing of one body against another

The meaning of the word friction is the rubbing of one body against another.

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docketa brief written summary of a document : abstract
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
tensioninner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
expenditurethe act or process of expending
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity