GRE Word List
PEER
one that is of equal standing with another : equal
The meaning of the word peer is one that is of equal standing with another : equal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| 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 |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |