GRE Word List
START
to move suddenly and violently : spring
The meaning of the word start is to move suddenly and violently : spring.
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| 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 |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
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| canine | a conical pointed tooth |