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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |