GRE Word List
SPONTANEITY
the quality or state of being spontaneous
The meaning of the word spontaneity is the quality or state of being spontaneous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| 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 |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| duration | continuance in time |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |