GRE Word List
RAVAGE
an act or practice of ravaging
The meaning of the word ravage is an act or practice of ravaging.
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| 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 |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| fete | festival |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| romp | one that romps |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |