GRE Word List
PROVISIONAL
serving for the time being : temporary
The meaning of the word provisional is serving for the time being : temporary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |