GRE Word List
ROUT
a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
The meaning of the word rout is a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| 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 |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |