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 |
|---|---|
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sublimate | sublime |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| faculty | ability |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |