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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |