GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| exegesis | exposition |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |