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.

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WordMeaning
chivalrousvaliant
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
florescencea state or period of flourishing
gyroscopea 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
careento put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull
titlethe distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
gustoan individual or special taste
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor