GRE Word List

POLARITY

the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles

The meaning of the word polarity is the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles.

Random words

WordMeaning
tenancya holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
parishthe ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
scoffan expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
relishcharacteristic flavor
attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something