GRE Word List
STUPOR
a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
The meaning of the word stupor is a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility.
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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 |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| recast | to cast again |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |