GRE Word List
STATIC
exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
The meaning of the word static is exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |