GRE Word List
GRAVITY
seriousness; ADJ. grave
The meaning of the word gravity is seriousness; ADJ. grave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palliate | ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness) |
| unfrock | defrock; strip a priest or minister of church authority |
| idle | not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V. |
| contravene | contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention |
| geriatrics | medical treatment and care of old age |
| manifesto | public declaration of principles; statement of policy |
| fester | rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days. |
| cerebration | thought; working of the brain |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity |
| headfirst | moving with the head leading; headlong |
