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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |