GRE Word List
RUMINATE
to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
The meaning of the word ruminate is to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| 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 |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |