GRE Word List
RIVET
a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
The meaning of the word rivet is a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| trappings | outward signs |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |