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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |