GRE Word List
SINUOUS
of a serpentine or wavy form : winding
The meaning of the word sinuous is of a serpentine or wavy form : winding.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| 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 |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |