GRE Word List
LATERAL
of or relating to the side
The meaning of the word lateral is of or relating to the side.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| polity | political organization |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |