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 |
|---|---|
| hirsute | hairy |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |