GRE Word List
HERMITAGE
the habitation of a hermit
The meaning of the word hermitage is the habitation of a hermit.
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| 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 |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |