GRE Word List
METALLURGICAL
the science and technology of metals
The meaning of the word metallurgical is the science and technology of metals.
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| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |