GRE Word List
GYROSCOPE
apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
The meaning of the word gyroscope is apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forte | strong point or special talent in a person's character |
| susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
| conjecture | surmise; guess; V. |
| benefit | advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits |
| hazy | slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind |
| anarchy | absence of governing body; state of disorder |
| tranquillity | calmness; peace |
| heedless | not noticing; disregarding |
| foreshadow | give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure |
| portly | stout; corpulent |
