GRE Word List
PULVERIZE
to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
The meaning of the word pulverize is to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |