GRE Word List
LATENT
present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
The meaning of the word latent is present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |