GRE Word List
RAMIFICATION
branch
The meaning of the word ramification is branch.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| scion | descendant |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| concordat | compact |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |