GRE Word List
MINUTE
the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
The meaning of the word minute is the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds.
Random words
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upshot | the final result : outcome |
fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
engender | beget |
irremediable | not remediable |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
exhume | disinter |
arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |