GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
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| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |