GRE Word List
IMBALANCE
lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion
The meaning of the word imbalance is lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |