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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WordMeaning
grillto broil on a grill
lanknot well filled out : slender
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
wardthe action or process of guarding
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
idioman 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)
scapegoata 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
sagaa 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
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma