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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| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
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| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
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