GRE Word List
SUMMATION
the act or process of forming a sum : addition
The meaning of the word summation is the act or process of forming a sum : addition.
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |