GRE Word List
GRATIS
without charge or recompense : free
The meaning of the word gratis is without charge or recompense : free.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| quorum | a select group |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| waif | a stray person or animal |