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 |
|---|---|
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| pitfall | trap |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| 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 |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |