GRE Word List
SERPENTINE
of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
The meaning of the word serpentine is of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| 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 |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |