GRE Word List

SYMMETRY

balanced proportions

The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.

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centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
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surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
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deprecateto express disapproval of
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
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vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant