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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| sidetrack | siding |