GRE Word List
MERGER
the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
The meaning of the word merger is the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment.
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| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| 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 |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| disconsolate | cheerless |