GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| 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 |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |