GRE Word List
PATENT
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Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |