GRE Word List
NOVELTY
something new or unusual
The meaning of the word novelty is something new or unusual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| concentric | having a common center |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |