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 |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |