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 |
|---|---|
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| grate | grating |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |