GRE Word List
LUNAR
crescent
The meaning of the word lunar is crescent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| 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 |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| wont | accustomed |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |