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 |
|---|---|
| providence | divine guidance or care |
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| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
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| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
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