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 |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |