GRE Word List

PLAIT

pleat

The meaning of the word plait is pleat.

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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
lagone that lags or is last
queasycausing nausea
pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
manifestationthe act, process, or an instance of manifesting
derelictionan intentional abandonment
stinkto emit a strong offensive odor
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer