GRE Word List
METALLURGICAL
the science and technology of metals
The meaning of the word metallurgical is the science and technology of metals.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| poise | balance |