GRE Word List
LATITUDE
angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
The meaning of the word latitude is angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| rift | fissure |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| 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 |