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 |
|---|---|
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| reverie | daydream |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
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| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |