GRE Word List
NOMENCLATURE
name
The meaning of the word nomenclature is name.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| upright | perpendicular |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |