GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| garnish | decorate |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| onus | burden |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |