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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conflagration | fire |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |