GRE Word List
PERDITION
eternal damnation
The meaning of the word perdition is eternal damnation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| 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 |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| fleck | streak |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |