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 |
|---|---|
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| 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 |
| provident | frugal |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |