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 |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| novelty | something new or unusual |