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 |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| asunder | into parts |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |