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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anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
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exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
embossto raise the surface of into bosses