GRE Word List
POLAR
of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
The meaning of the word polar is of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| 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 |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |