GRE Word List
SIGNIFICANT
having meaning
The meaning of the word significant is having meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| 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 |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| stilted | pompous |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |