GRE Word List
RIDER
one that rides
The meaning of the word rider is one that rides.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| malediction | curse |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| 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 |
| parlance | speech |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |