GRE Word List
ISOTOPE
any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
The meaning of the word isotope is any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| contest | strive |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |