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 |
|---|---|
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| overweening | arrogant |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |