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 |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| aria | air |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |