GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| pending | during |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| hydrophobia | rabies |