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 |
|---|---|
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| overweening | arrogant |