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 |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| countenance | look |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| wanton | merciless |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |