GRE Word List
GENESIS
the origin or coming into being of something
The meaning of the word genesis is the origin or coming into being of something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| growl | rumble |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |