GRE Word List

MAGNITUDE

great size or extent

The meaning of the word magnitude is great size or extent.

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upshotthe final result : outcome
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
incinerateto cause to burn to ashes
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
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
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
unexceptionablenot open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable