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 |
|---|---|
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| 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 |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |