GRE Word List
SUPERIMPOSE
to place or lay over or above something
The meaning of the word superimpose is to place or lay over or above something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| 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 |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| arid | excessively dry |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |