GRE Word List
SIMULATE
to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
The meaning of the word simulate is to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| 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 |
| ebullient | boiling |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| stringent | tight |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |