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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fructify | to bear fruit |
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| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
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| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
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