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 |
|---|---|
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |