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 |
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| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |