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 |
|---|---|
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |