GRE Word List
LATERAL
of or relating to the side
The meaning of the word lateral is of or relating to the side.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| clown | farmer |