GRE Word List
KINETIC
of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
The meaning of the word kinetic is of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| 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 |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |