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 |
|---|---|
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| shambles | a meat market |