GRE Word List
PENDING
during
The meaning of the word pending is during.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| 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 |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |