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 |
|---|---|
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| hallowed | holy |