GRE Word List
SCRAPPY
consisting of scraps
The meaning of the word scrappy is consisting of scraps.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |