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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|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| comprise | to be made up of |