GRE Word List
REPROBATE
an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
The meaning of the word reprobate is an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| 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 |
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