GRE Word List
SHAVING
the act of one that shaves
The meaning of the word shaving is the act of one that shaves.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| 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 |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| conflagration | fire |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |