GRE Word List
PARAMETER
an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
The meaning of the word parameter is an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |