GRE Word List
GRAPHITE
a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
The meaning of the word graphite is a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |