GRE Word List
PLASTICITY
the quality or state of being plastic
The meaning of the word plasticity is the quality or state of being plastic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
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