GRE Word List
LINGUISTIC
of or relating to language or linguistics
The meaning of the word linguistic is of or relating to language or linguistics.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| 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 |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| quorum | a select group |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |