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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |