GRE Word List
MNEMONIC
assisting or intended to assist memory
The meaning of the word mnemonic is assisting or intended to assist memory.
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| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| boor | peasant |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| cue | the letter q |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |