GRE Word List
PARTIAL
of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
The meaning of the word partial is of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| fete | festival |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |