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 |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| mortician | undertaker |
| abnegation | denial |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |