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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |