GRE Word List
GLUTINOUS
having the quality of glue : gummy
The meaning of the word glutinous is having the quality of glue : gummy.
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| boor | peasant |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| 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 |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
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