GRE Word List
RESPONSIVENESS
giving response : constituting a response : answering
The meaning of the word responsiveness is giving response : constituting a response : answering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |