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 |
|---|---|
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |