GRE Word List
INNOVATION
a new idea, method, or device : novelty
The meaning of the word innovation is a new idea, method, or device : novelty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| writ | something written : writing |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |