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 |
|---|---|
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| forebears | ancestor |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |