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.

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sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
assailto attack violently : assault
denotationan act or process of denoting
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
astronomicalof or relating to astronomy
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior