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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gyroscopea 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
haphazardmarked by lack of plan, order, or direction
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
ornithologista branch of zoology dealing with birds
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
febrilemarked or caused by fever : feverish
enmitypositive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
clownfarmer