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 |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |