GRE Word List
HIATUS
a break in or as if in a material object : gap
The meaning of the word hiatus is a break in or as if in a material object : gap.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| 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 |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |