GRE Word List
NOMENCLATURE
name
The meaning of the word nomenclature is name.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| 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 |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |